“We now have a more complete picture of how the agriculture industry uses antibiotics,” said Senator Feinstein. “As we feared, the data show that we have a lot of work to do to ensure antibiotics are used responsibly. I hope to continue to work with the agriculture industry and FDA to ensure that the use of medically important antibiotics in agriculture decreases under new judicious use policies.”

Feinstein has also asked FDA to propose a rule to increase data it collects on antibiotics use, including species specific data.